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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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